Kali Linux On The New Modern WSL

Late last year we had the pleasure of being reached out to by Microsoft in regards to participating in the launch of the new, and their .

Kali and WSL’s history

Kali has had a long history of active support for WSL and the team running it. When we first got the email about the new distribution architecture and how it would be used, we were very interested in it.

For those who aren’t familiar with how WSL works, previously it took a few steps for us to get a new version onto the Microsoft store:

• First we would have to build the root filesystem (rootfs) and compress it into a tarball. This is done through our .


• Once we have Visual Studio set up and configured correctly, we would have to import the compressed rootfs and begin building the app. This is as easy as clicking a few buttons after you have it initially configured and know the output is good.


• From here we then upload the build app bundle to Microsoft’s store, which then needs to be reviewed and approved.

Overall, not a long or taxing process. However, with the new distribution architecture all of this can be cut down into just two steps.

• Build the rootfs.


• Create a merge request to and download the .wsl file for your computer’s architecture. Likely this will be amd64.
  
  

  Alternatively, you can run the following command in your Windows terminal:

  
  
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  wsl.exe --install kali-linux
  
  

  
  

  We hope that you appreciate and enjoy this new development for WSL as much as we do. Who knows what the future has in store for Kali on WSL, you may just see some new more complete Kali installs with this new easy to install .wsl file.

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